John mclaughlin



J. McLAUGHLlN.

Churn.

Patented July 13, 1852.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, OF GOSHEN, OHIO.

CHURN.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 9,117, dated July 13, 1852.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, of Goshen, in the county ofOlermont and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Churns; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,makmg part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is an elevation ofthe churn, the red lines representing its position upright and supportedby a leg. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through the churn.Fig. 3, is an end view, and Fig. 4 is a plan of the grate.

The same letters refer to corresponding The nature of my inventionconsists in mounting a churn tub, or barrel, composed of two sectionswithin a metallic clasp band, united to pivoted pendant bars, whereby,(through means of a lever) the barrel is so operated as to present itsends uppermost, the one after the other, by which the milk or cream iscarried up in one section, and allowed to descend, through a grate, intothe lower section, thus securing the most effectual agitation.

For the benefit of others whom it may concern I will proceed to describemy improvement more fully.

The frame consists of two base timbers A, A, united at their ends, fromthe middle of which is raised two uprights .B, B, to whose upper endsare hung (by pivots a 0.) bars O, O, united at their lower ends by a tieround D a short distance below the pivots a a there is attached to thebars O, C, a metallic clasp band E, within which the barrel is mounted,and held securely by means of a clamp screw F, passing through one endof the clasp band, and bearing into a cavity made in a plate G, on thehead of the barrel ;said clasp band being furnished with end bars H Hthe latter of which fit into notches in the head of the barrel, whilethe other serves to strengthen the end through which the clamp screwpasses.

I, I, are the two sections of the barrel, each made similar to theordinary dasher churn tub; they are united at their ends, the one withinthe other, so as to render them water tight and prevent their separationwhile confined within the clasp band. At the juncture of these sectionsthere is placed a grate J, composed of a circular rim and other, andfacilitate the gathering of the butter. One of the bars C, is elongatedso as to constitute a hand lever N by which the operator oscillates thebarrel.

One part of the clasp band may be jointed to the pendant bars for thefacility of confining the barrel within the same.

Operation: The clasp band being turned to a vertical position, andsupported by the bar O resting on a leg L, turned upright as shown byred lines in Fig. 1; the upper section of the barrel is then removed, aswell as the grate J and the cream or milk put into the lower sectionwhich rests on the clasp band, and against the round D the grate is thenreplaced, and the detached section mounted thereon and securely clampedby the clamp screw F. The leg L is then depressed, and the barrelassumes a horizontal position. The operator then grasps the handle orlever N, and oscillates the barrel so as to present its ends uppermost,the one after the other, carrying the cream upward, and allowing it todescend through the grate into the lower section. After the butter isproduced the butter-milk is drawn 013? through an aperture into whichthe plug M, is inserted, the sections of the barrel are then separated,the grate taken out, and the butter removed.

I am aware that oscillating churns have been used before, therefore thisI do'not claim, but what I do claim as my improvement, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

Mounting the churn tub or barrel composed of two sections I, I, andcontaining a grate J, at their juncture, within a clasp band, united topivoted pendant bars O, O, whereby (through means of a lever) the barrelis so operated as to present its ends uppermost, the one after theother, by which the milk or 'cream is carried up by one section andallowed to descend through the grate as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name before twosubscribing witnesses.

JOHN MGLAUGHLIN. Witnesses WM. P. ELLIo'r, J. G. WEAVER.

